"Short, Vertical
Brushstrokes," Sol LeWitt, circa 1997. Color sugarlift
aquatint.
WATERVILLE, MAINE - "Contemporary Prints and Photographs from the
Bruce Brown Collection," an exhibit of works by internationally
recognized artists, will be on view at the Colby College Museum
of Art through March 23. The exhibit comes from the personal
collection of Bruce Brown, a retired Maine schoolteacher.
The exhibit features more than 100 prints and 40 photographs from
the most accomplished and innovative artists from the last 50
years. The collection is noted for placing in proximity the works
of local and internationally known artists, such as Milton Avery,
Chuck Close, Robert Indiana, Alex Katz, David Hockney, Richard
Diebenkorn, Sol LeWitt, Terry Winters, Anne Harris, Louisa Chase
and Robert Rauschenberg. Brown also recently began collecting the
works of Maine photographers. Forty works by photographers,
including Melonie Bennett, Rudy Burckhardt, Tillman Crane, Paul
D'Amato, Judith Ellis Glickman, Todd Webb and William Wegman,
will be on view.
Brown, a retired teacher from Freeport High School, started
collecting artwork in the mid-1970s and since 1977 has focused on
contemporary printmaking. He has acquired more than 170 prints
and 55 photographs. Initially he collected works primarily from
Maine artists but eventually began to collect prints from
national and international artists. He is now curator of the
Center for Maine Contemporary Art in Rockport.
On Sunday, February 9, at 4 pm, Brown will present a gallery talk
about the exhibit and the history of his collection. On Thursday,
March 13, at 2 pm associate professor of art and printmaker Scott
Reed will give a lecture. Both talks are open to the public.
For information, 207-872-3228 or colby.edu/museum.
